Short-run Production

Companies that use this process generally have one of the following objectives:

Simulate conventional injection molding to quickly obtain enough parts to assemble several prototypes in order to test and validate the potential of a product on the market.

Profit from the advantages of urethane casting to obtain parts of equal or superior quality to conventional injection molded parts.

Advantages

Parts can be designed for electronic, medical or scientific enclosures, or for recreational and specialty vehicles, for example. In each case, short production runs of urethane or silicone parts offer significant benefits when:

In large production, parts would be molded using conventional injection

Parts have intricate details as well as thin and thick walls

Quantity to be produced is low (10-250 units)

Available investment in tooling is limited

Part design is expected to change regularly

Product appearance is important and should reflect its inherent qualities and superiority on the market